Scoop-board.



No. 688,858. Patented Dec. I7, l9fll. A. N. JORDAN.

SCOOP BOARD.

(Application filed Nov. 1, 1901.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT FFIQET ARTHUR N. JORDAN, OF DUNLAP, IOIVA.

SCOOP-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,858, dated December 17, 1901. Application filed November 1, 1901. $erial No. 80,784. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR N. JORDAN, residing at Dunlap, in the'county of Harrison and State of Iowa, have invented certain useful Improvements in Scoop-Boards; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and novel improvement in scoop-boards.

The object of my invention is to provide a scoopboard so constructed that when closed the same shall be held in grain-tight contact with the wagon-box; and my invention embodies certain other combinations, as will be described more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown in Figure 1 an end View, with portions removed, of a scoop-board embodying'my invention, while Fig. 2 shows a side view, with portions removed, of my scoop-board.

In carrying out the aim of my invention I provide an ordinary scoop-board A proper, with the side pieces B. The scoop-board A proper, it will be noticed, is not as long as the side member 13, so as to provide a seating, within which is positioned the supporting angle-bar D, as is shown in Fig. 2. This anglebar D is preferably made of thin sheet or strap metal. Secured to the sides of the wagon-box is a curved supporting-bar O, which bar is secured by means of the rivets or bolts 0. In the drawings it will be noticed that the sides of the wagon-box have been identified by the reference-numbers 2 and 3, the bottom being marked K. The supportingbar 0, it will be noticed, extends from the top of the upper side member 3 to near the lower end of the lower side member 2, so that this supporting-bar forms a holder to keep these members of the wagon-box together. Extending laterally from this supporting-bar O is a bracket 6, while below the bar 0 terminates in the outwardly-extending ear 5.

Secured to the sides B of the scoop-board at a suitable point upon each side are the staples 7, which extend through the brackets 6, and these staples 7 are provided each with a marking-rod 10, the eye 8 of which is secured to the staple 7, while the lower end is adapted to work into or behind the ear 5 of the supporting-bar O, as is shown in Fig. 2. The marking-rods 10 at their ends,there being one rod for each side member B, terminate in the hand-holes a. The laterally-extending bracket 6 is of a size sufficient so that the terminal eye 8 of the markingrod will pass through the same.

In referring to the drawings it will be noticed that the bracket 6 is much longer than the eyelet 8, so that a portion of the markingrod 10 is made to rest upon and against the lower end of the bracket 6, which lower end forms a fulcrum, upon which the marking-rod rests, and in securing these marking-rods 1O behind the ears 5 they are slightly bent,so that they are held below the ears 5 on the springtension. In referring to Fig. 2 it Will be noticed that the rod 10 is shown as slightly bent, the lower portion of the bracket forming a fulcrum.

The members B of the scoop-board are so forced against the angle-bar D as to insure a snug grain-tight union below, while above the scoop-board is forced against the sides of the wagon by means of the marking-rods. The structure forms agrain-tight union, and the scoop-board is readily removable.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a wagon-box,a scoopboard provided with projecting sides,of a supporting angle-iron secured to the wagon-box and supporting said scoop-board, of a staple secured to each scoop-board side, a supporting-bar secured to the sides of said wagonboX, said supporting-bar being provided with a terminal car, a bracket projecting from said supporting-bar, said staples passing through said brackets, and a marking-rod secured to each staple and arranged to pass through said brackets, the lower ends of said marking-rods being below said ears substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ARTHUR N. JORDAN.

Witnesses:

T. F. J ORDAN, W. T. PRESTON. 

